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BaseballOrioles -- Activated OF Lonnie Smith from the DL. Sent OF Jack Voigt to Double-A Bowie.California Angels -- Claimed C Bob Melvin off waivers from the New York Yankees. Transferred C Andy Allanson from the 15-day DL to the 60-day DL.Milwaukee Brewers -- Activated C Dave Valle from the 15-day DL. Optioned C Mike Matheny to Triple-A New Orleans.New York Mets -- Placed OF Kevin McReynolds on the 15-day DL, retroactive to July 21. Recalled OF Jeromy Burnitz from Triple-A Norfolk.Oakland Athletics -- Recalled P Mike Mohler from Triple-A Tacoma.

SAN FRANCISCO -- Darryl Strawberry says he's ready to play in the big leagues, so he'll play in the big leagues.The San Francisco Giants say it's as simple as that.Strawberry will make his Giants debut today after completing a three-game minor-league assignment last night. He will be in the lineup against the Philadelphia Phillies, playing right field and hitting fifth."At the outset, we all knew he was going to set the timetable, not us," general manager Bob Quinn said. "As he left for the airport Saturday, he shook my hand and told me, 'I'll see you sooner rather than later.

BaseballCalifornia Angels -- Placed C Andy Allanson on the 15-day disabled list. Recalled C Chris Turner from Triple-A Vancouver.Houston Astros -- Activated former Orioles OF Steve Finley from the DL. Optioned OF Brian Hunter to Triple-A Tucson.Minnesota Twins -- Signed 1994 draft choice SS Cletus Davidson.New York Yankees -- Signed P Greg Harris. Optioned P Sterling Hitchcock to Triple-A Columbus. Released P Sam Militello.San Francisco Giants -- Activated P Mark Portugal from the DL.Optioned P Salomon Torres to Triple-A Phoenix.

BaseballOrioles -- Signed P Timothy Daigle.Chicago White Sox -- Purchased the contract of OF Dann Howitt from Triple-A Nashville. Named Rick Peterson pitching coach. Reassigned former pitching coach Dewey Robinson.Cincinnati Reds -- Signed OF Ron Gant to a two-year contract.Montreal Expos -- Activated P Tim Scott from the 15-day DL. Optioned P Joey Eischen to Triple-A Ottawa.San Francisco Giants -- Announced P Salomon Torres has left the team for personal reasons.BasketballNBA -- Announced that the Board of Governors voted to reject the application of the owners of the Minnesota Timberwolves to sell the franchise to Top Rank of Louisiana.

BaseballCleveland Indians -- Signed 3B Jim Thome to afour-year contract with a club option for the 1998 season.San Francisco Giants -- Announced that KNBR Radio has purchased a limited partnership in the team.Seattle Mariners -- Optioned P Jeff Williams to Triple-A Calgary. Reassigned P TravisBuckley, P Derek Lowe, P Ron Villone and C Chris Widger totheir minor-league camp.BasketballNBA -- Fined Denver Nuggets F LaPhonso Ellis$3,500 for an elbowing foul Friday night.Charlotte Hornets -- Activated F Larry Johnson and F ScottBurrell from the injured list.

BaseballMontreal Expos -- Signed IF Jeff Gardner and P Randy Kramer to contracts with Triple-A Ottawa. Invited nonroster P Heath Haynes to spring training.San Diego Padres -- Signed P Trevor Hoffman to a three-year contract. Signed SS Ricky Gutierrez, a former Orioles prospect, to a one-year contract.San Francisco Giants -- Agreed to terms with P Pat Gomez on a minor-league contract.Texas Rangers -- Agreed to terms with 3B Dean Palmer and C Ivan Rodriguez on one-year contracts.BasketballMiami Heat -- Signed F Glen Rice to a five-year contract.

BaseballSan Francisco Giants -- Signed C Kirt Manwaring, C Jeff Reed and P Trevor Wilson to one-year contracts, thus avoiding arbitration.Seattle Mariners -- Agreed to terms with OF Jay Buhner on a one-year contract.BasketballNBA Players Association -- Announced the following officers: president; Portland Trail Blazers' Buck Williams (Maryland); first vice president, New York Knicks' Charles Smith; secretary-treasurer, Los Angeles Clippers' Danny Manning; vice presidents, Knicks' Rolando Blackman and Herb Williams, Utah Jazz's Mark Eaton, Dallas Mavericks' Lafayette Lever and Jim Jackson and Denver Nuggets' Dikembe Mutombo.

Auto racingHoosier Racing Tire -- Announced it will return to NASCAR's Winston Cup series in 1994 with radial tires.BaseballBoston Red Sox -- Announced that 1B Mo Vaughn won the Thomas A. Yawkey Memorial Award as the team's most valuable player for 1993.San Francisco Giants -- Re-signed 2B Robby Thompson to a three-year contract.BasketballNBA -- Suspended Detroit Pistons C Bill Laimbeer for one game without pay and fined him $5,000 for flagrantly fouling the Utah Jazz's Karl Malone on Friday night.

SAN FRANCISCO -- The whole show is down to one week, two teams and 1 1/2 games. The San Francisco Giants get the very real sense that losing a game would be disastrous, so they evidently have made an executive decision prohibiting it.They have won nine of their past 10, they have two 20-game winners, and their MVP candidate is doing an unmistakable impression of an MVP lock. Still, the only thing that matters is winning today so they can win again tomorrow.Bill Swift joined John Burkett in the exalted heights of the 20-game winners yesterday, and he did it with another clean, almost antiseptic performance.